Combined hood, robe, and self-carrier



June 27, 1950 R. M. woLFE COMBINED Hoon, R'OBE, AND SELF-CARRIER 2Sheets-Sheet l Filed July 8, 1948 June 27, 1950 R. M. woLFE COMBINEDHOOD, ROBE, AND SELF-CARRIER 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed July 8. 1948...|Illllllll' IIIII lllillllllllllllllllll Patented June 27, 1950UNITED' STATES PATENT QFE'ICE.v

COMBINED HOOD, ROBE,v AND SELF- CARRIER' Raymond M. Wolfe,LouisvillerKy.

Application July 8, 1948,-SeralIsTo.r 37,649

2 Claims.

into-compact form. so that straps used to fasten f the device iniposition when used as a body covering may be used as a shoulder strapfor conveniently carrying the device and the bag when so containing thefolded and rolled Wrap or blanket may be used as a cushion or pillow.

The invention also comprehends an article such as speciedin which thewrap or blanket has the bag attached thereto and the ends ofthe bag areformed of strips which are passed through loops on the blanket at eachside of the hood so that the opposite ends of the blanket may be foldedovery the. shoulders andaround.' the body and fastenedrby thestrips orwhen the device isnot in use, the strips are disengagedsfrorn the loopsand the blanket compactly folded and moved into the hood so that thestrips may be tied together and arranged over a -shoulder to carry thedevice.

The invention alsovhas for its object the provision of a combinedapparel article of the nature set forth which may be constructed of afew simple parts or blanks sewed together and economically manufacturedand sold in quantity.

To the foregoing objects, and others which may hereinafter more fullyappear, the invention consists of the novel construction, combinationand arrangement of parts, as will be more specifically referred to andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, but it is to be understoodthat changes, variations, and modiiications may be resorted to whichfall within the scope of the invention as claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the combined hood robe and self-carrieropened out for use as an article of apparel.

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 with the hody of the wrap orblanket folded in position to be rolled and placed in the hood as astorage bag or pocket.

Figure 3 is a sectional View taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view of the hood taken on the lineA-d of Figure l` Figure 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of thedevice when thel wrapor blanketis-foldedinto the hood for carryingpurposes.

Figure 6 is .'avfragmentary sectional view ytaken on the lline-I--IifofFigure 1. Y

Referring to the ydrawings in-detail, they device/is` shown as-`comprising; an elongated rectangularl wrap or blanket body I0 whichV isisomewhat longer than` high or- Wder'than it. isr deep? such as 62 wideand 51'" high or; deep; orv other suit yable size. This body portionAorl blanket maybe of wool or otherlsuitable Woven'materialzhavingparallelftop and bottom-edges II and I2 and parar allel ends`|3 andI4perpendicular-:theretoand offsuitable Woven blanket material inplaidior` other ornamentation- ,l

At the centerv of the top edgey I'I,1 a pocket-like hood I5l islprovided'xto-A project' from.: saidedge.

This *hoodY comprises z a rectangular-wool orfother blank- I6 securedalong one end tothetop edgel ofv theV body I0 as at. XA at therbaok ofthe hood whichis'form'edby folding the blankllBY-overand downwardly atthe front in linei with :tlietop edge l I but free of the latter forformingrtl'ie back I'I, top folded endl ,and front.I91:'which maybeprovided with a lining 2li.` The-open ends v of the folded blank I6 rareclosed by the endpor;

tions of Strips12 I` stitched valong theirfedges. to the opposite side.`edges ofthe blankf'l 6 :asiindicated 1 at'ZiZ-V toA theinwardly'folded. side.-'eclges23v of r the blank I6 as shown moreparticularly in Figure 4 of the drawings. The lining 20 may comprise twosections folded inwardly at the ends as indicated at 24 and stitchedtogether at their edges as indicated at 25 within the ends of the bag orpocket forming the hood I5 adjacent the portions of the strips 2| whichare attached to the opposite edges of the blank I6.

The strips 2l are of considerable length and extend from the lower openside or edge 2B of the hood, the back of which is attached to the topedge I'I of the body I0 as at X, previously described, leaving the hoodprojecting over or beyond the inside of said body II). At the outside ofthe body Il), the latter is provided with loops 21 which may also be ofwoven cloth or otherwise and stitched at their ends to the body Ill asindicated at 28 so that the extended ends of the strips 2| may be passedthrough these loops in the manner shown in Figure l of the drawingswhereby when the hood is placed over the head, the upper corners of thebody I0 may be folded downwardly and inwardly over the shoulders and theends of the body I0 folded or overlapped around the front of the bodyand fastened by tying the free end of the strips 2I so as to form a bodycovering or wrap to protect the wearer from cold and inclement weatheras well as permitting the device to be quickly put l on or taken off. Inthe sense described, in addition to the hood providing a head coveringwhich extends entirely over the head and around the neck, the body lforms a blanket or wrap around the body and may extend downwardly anyden sired distance, depending upon the height or depth of the body l0.When the device is not in use, the end portions of the body l'0 may befolded in the manner shown in Figures 2 and 3 of the drawings by rstslipping the strips or ties 2| out of the loops 21, the ends being rstfolded l or pocket formed by the hood in the manner l shown in Figure 5of the drawings.

This provides a Very compact arrangement whereby the device serves as aself-carrier, in which the strips f 2| may be tied together at theirfree ends and arrangedover a shoulder at one side of the body or acrossthe body in the same manner asa shoulder bag for convenient carrying.Also when the body or blanket I'll is arranged within the bag or pocketforming the hood l5, it may also serve as a seat cushion or pillow.However, it may be unfolded by simply pulling or removing the body fromwithin the bag or pocket formed by the hood and quickly thrown over thebody after first extending the strips or straps 2l through the loops 21,thus providing a proficient article of apparel forming a hood and robesuch as for use by football players or other athletes,

or even spectators, as protection against cold and inclement weather.

I claim: 1. A combined hood, robe and self-carrier comprising anelongated body, `a hood secured intermediately to the top edge of thebody and having elongated strips forming the ends thereof and extendingbeyond the hood where secured to the body with the hood open toward theinside of the body, loops secured on the outside of said body adjacentsaid top edge in which said strips engage to secure the body in foldedposition over a person, and means whereby said body may be folded inopposite directions and stored in the hood said hood forming aself-carrier for the device and the strips upon release from said loopsmay be tied together to form a shoulder strap for said self-carrier.

2. A combined hood, robe and self-carrier comprising an elongatedsubstantially rectangular blanket wider than high, a hood comprising ablank folded on itself and secured at one end to the top edge of theblanket intermediately of the ends of the latter so that the hoodprojects over the inside of the blanket, strips securing the folded overside edges of said blank together and extending a considerable distancebeyond the free end thereof, loops secured to the outside of the blanketin spaced relation to the ends of the hood through which said strips areadapted to be extended so that the upper corners of the blanket may befolded over the shoulders and body of a person when the hood is appliedover the head and tied to fasten the ends of the blanket around thefront of the person, said' blanket being adapted to be folded at its endportions beyond each end of the hood to a width Vsubstantially equal tothe width of the hood so as to be rolled and placed within the hood toform a container therefor with the strips displaced from the loops andtied together at their free ends to form a shoulder strap andself-carrier for the device.

RAYMOND M. WOLFE'.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the f file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,344,010 Walsh Mar. 14, 19442,380,909 Jackson July 3l, 1945 2,444,761 Walston July 6, 1948 FOREIGNPATENTS Number Country Date 484,456 Great Britain May 5, 1938

